Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee demanded Chairman Adam Schiff step down from his post in light of his repeated allegations that President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russians in the 2016 election. His response: a blistering attack.
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee demanded that Chairman Adam Schiff step down over his allegations that President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russians in the 2016 election. Schiff responded with a blistering attack, accusing Republicans of failing to fulfill their oversight responsibilities.
Schiff has continued to assert that President Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russians in the 2016 election, a claim that Republicans sayConaway and the other eight Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee submitted a letter calling for Schiff’s resignation. At the intelligence hearing, Schiff angrily accused Republicans of failing to fulfill their oversight responsibilities. He described the attacks as an effort to divert attention from the president’s actions, which House Democrats are continuing to investigate.
“You might think that’s OK,” Schiff said to his Republican colleagues. “I don’t. … I think it’s immoral. I think it’s unethical. I think it’s unpatriotic. And yes, I think it’s corrupt and evidence of collusion.” Rep. Michael Turner accused Schiff of operating the panel in a way that posed a “danger to our national security” and acting in “true McCarthy fashion,” a reference to the questionable tactics of former Sen. Joseph McCarthy in his anti-Communist campaign.Democrats have rallied around Schiff. Pelosi called the comments by Republicans “shameful, sad, irresponsible.”
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